GUNS NOT DEFECTIVE.

• Position: Brief Article

The California Supreme Court recently ruled that state law does not permit holding gun manufacturers liable for someone else's crime. The lawyer for the families of victims of a mentally disturbed man who went on a shooting rampage in San Francisco had argued that the company that made the military-style semi-automatic gun had advertised it as being useful for aggressive purposes. The company's founder had admitted that the guns might fall into the hands of criminals, but that was not...